[LUCENE-8363] Plane.interpolate produces GeoPoints that are not on the ellipsoid

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 7.3.1
• Fix Version/s: 6.7, 7.5, 8.0
• Component/s: modules/spatial3d
• Lucene Fields: New
• Assignee: Karl Wright
• Reporter: Karl Wright
• Created: 19/Jun/18 06:22
• Updated: 22/Nov/24 01:41
• Resolved: 19/Jun/18 06:50

Description

The Plane.interpolate method uses coordinate rotation to perform the interpolation. That is fine but the points produced are not necessarily on the ellipsoid surface.